Category Archives: Beach

Kirk Pitman joins coaching team at Bournemouth

Former international beach volleyball player Kirk Pitman has been appointed as head coach of the Bournemouth University beach volleyball programme. Kirk, who played top level beach volleyball for New Zealand, will be joining the programme in September alongside Andy Jones, … Continue reading

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New Beach Volleyball Manual Available

Volleyball England is delighted to announce the release of a new coaching and playing manual for beach volleyball, titled ‘Beach Volleyball; a guidebook to the game’. Written by England beach coach, Denise Austin, the book is a complete guide on … Continue reading

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Beach Benefits for Oxford Residents

Cuttleslowe Park will benefit from a new £58,000 sports facility as Oxford’s first beach volleyball courts opened last weekend. The culmination of five years of planning, fundraising and construction, the two courts are the only ones in the region and … Continue reading

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VEBT Weymouth Results

After a wet and windy visit to Skegness last month, the 2016 Volleyball England Beach Tour entered its third date this weekend in Weymouth, where some unpredictable results in the senior competitions lead to unlikely winners. In the early stages … Continue reading

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My World U21 Experience – Anaya Evans

The North Devon’s pairing of Anaya Evans and Ellie Austin took on the world earlier this summer in a sponsored trip to Lucerne for the FIVB’s World U21 competition. We caught up with Anaya (No 1) and asked her about her … Continue reading

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Britain’s most experienced Beach Team Call it a Day

  The SSAFA Beach Volleyball team of Jim Gilbert (69) and Alan Conquest MBE (78) has just played it’s last match. We managed to loose all 5 games at this years Perranport tournament but enjoyed it, we only raise some … Continue reading

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Beach Tennis arrives at Exmouth

A new addition to the Exmouth Beach Volleyball Club this week was the introduction of the sport of beach tennis. The sport is played on a beach volleyball court and has already been introduced at other beach volleyball venues around the country. … Continue reading

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Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball Schedule

The first six days of the beach volleyball schedule at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games were confirmed here Friday by the FIVB after consultation with the Rio 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee and the Olympic Broadcasting Services, working together to provide … Continue reading

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Gold Coast Oceanfest16

  The details of the Parkdean Holidays King and Queen of the Beach competition 2016 are the following: Date: Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June 2016 Location: Croyde Beach Hosts: Academy of Beach Sports The King and Queen of the … Continue reading

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Beach Pair Selected for World University Championships

Issa Batrane and Andrew Clayton have been selected to represent GB for beach volleyball at the FISU World University Championships 2016. The pair will head out to Parnu in Estonia to compete from 13-17 July and it will be the … Continue reading

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